University of Minnesota Athletics
Saturday, January 30
Columbus, OH
2:07 PM
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9-4-0, 9-4-0
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9-5-0, 9-5-0
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Minnesota Settles for Split with OSU
1/30/2021 4:47:00 PM | Women's Hockey
The Golden Gophers fell 3-1 in game two of this weekend's series on the road in Columbus, Ohio.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The No. 2 Golden Gopher women's hockey team had to settle for a series split with No. 3 Ohio State as Minnesota fell 3-1 in game two of this weekend's series on the road in Columbus, Ohio.
Minnesota (9-4-0, 9-4-0 WCHA) surrendered one goal in each period, including an empty-net goal with 13 seconds remaining in the game. Abigail Boreen scored the Gophers' lone goal with one second remaining in the middle frame, bringing the Gophers within one at 2-1, going into the final stanza.
Makayla Pahl made a career-best 41 saves on 43 shots in net for the Maroon & Gold. Ohio State (9-5-0, 9-5-0 WCHA) had the advantage in shots on goal, outshooting the Gophers 44-30. Amanda Thiele made 29 saves for the Buckeyes.
The Gophers were 0-for-5 on the power play on Saturday after scoring two power-play goals in the team's 7-4 win in game one of the series on Friday. Meanwhile, OSU went 1-for-3 with the skater advantage, converting on its first power play of the game in the opening period. For the series, the Gophers were 6-for-8 on the penalty kill.
Quotable
"It was another hard-fought battle here tonight," head coach Brad Frost said. "I'm proud of our team. They played well, unfortunately just couldn't find a way to get that equalizer and then giving up the empty-netter. It was a hard-fought game. It was a good hockey game. I wish the result was different, but I'm proud of our team and the way they competed."
Up Next
Minnesota returns home to host Wisconsin in a Friday-Saturday series at Ridder Arena next weekend. Puck drop is set for 6:07 p.m. CT Friday, Feb. 5 and 4:07 p.m. CT Saturday, Feb. 6.
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Minnesota (9-4-0, 9-4-0 WCHA) surrendered one goal in each period, including an empty-net goal with 13 seconds remaining in the game. Abigail Boreen scored the Gophers' lone goal with one second remaining in the middle frame, bringing the Gophers within one at 2-1, going into the final stanza.
Makayla Pahl made a career-best 41 saves on 43 shots in net for the Maroon & Gold. Ohio State (9-5-0, 9-5-0 WCHA) had the advantage in shots on goal, outshooting the Gophers 44-30. Amanda Thiele made 29 saves for the Buckeyes.
The Gophers were 0-for-5 on the power play on Saturday after scoring two power-play goals in the team's 7-4 win in game one of the series on Friday. Meanwhile, OSU went 1-for-3 with the skater advantage, converting on its first power play of the game in the opening period. For the series, the Gophers were 6-for-8 on the penalty kill.
Quotable
"It was another hard-fought battle here tonight," head coach Brad Frost said. "I'm proud of our team. They played well, unfortunately just couldn't find a way to get that equalizer and then giving up the empty-netter. It was a hard-fought game. It was a good hockey game. I wish the result was different, but I'm proud of our team and the way they competed."
Up Next
Minnesota returns home to host Wisconsin in a Friday-Saturday series at Ridder Arena next weekend. Puck drop is set for 6:07 p.m. CT Friday, Feb. 5 and 4:07 p.m. CT Saturday, Feb. 6.
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Team Stats
MINN
OSU
Shots
30
44
PPG
0
1
SHG
0
0
Penalties
4
6
Penalty Mins
8
12
Faceoffs Won
29
32
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
+1
Goals
1
Sh
1
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
2
A
1
+/-
+1
Goals
0
Sh
0
A
1
+/-
-2
Goals
0
Sh
6
A
0
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